Approach/Retreat: We frustrate ourselves
To desire is to want something beyond you, and in approaching it your psychology dredges forth all the pains of wanting and not receiving, all the failures …
psychology
self-made traps
Every problem I have is a self-made trap. When I work too much, I do not set the boundary: I dangerously conflate my ‘sense of …
I hurt myself with your words
Instead of “what you said hurt my feelings,” why don’t we say “I took what you said and I hurt myself”? Take radical responsibility: create …
Causes in the past rob you of your present
Etiology is the study of a cause, or causation, while teleology is the study of the purpose of a phenomenon. When we focus too much …
To be more productive, stop
Always stop in the middle of a project and go for a walk, don’t power through and reward yourself when you are done. This does …